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Notre Dame

IND · 2-0 · power +35.6 · #1
Our numberND -26.0 no book has priced this game

Navy

AAC · 1-1 (0-1 AAC) · power +9.1 · #91
Our side
MoneylineND to win ours 5%
Projected score 39–13 ND – NAVY
2026-10-31 · 12:00 PM Gillette Stadium · Foxborough, MA · neutral Early season

The books

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Series Notre Dame lead 84–13–1 · 98 meetings since 1927
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge Notre Dame Fighting Irish 139 ranks
Notre Dame Fighting Irish #1 rush offense Navy Midshipmen #140 run defense
Pass game edge Notre Dame Fighting Irish 217 ranks
Notre Dame Fighting Irish #10 pass offense Navy Midshipmen #227 pass defense
Run game even 40 ranks apart
Navy Midshipmen #14 rush offense Notre Dame Fighting Irish #54 run defense
Pass game even 29 ranks apart
Navy Midshipmen #35 pass offense Notre Dame Fighting Irish #6 pass defense
Notre Dame Fighting Irish Balanced · 58% run Ball-control Navy Midshipmen Run-heavy · 80% run Ball-control Dual-threat QB · 104 rush ypg
Marcus Freeman · 43-12 Brian Newberry · 26-12 · offense-minded

Ranked by team-unit strength (rush & pass offense vs. run & pass defense) across all 265 D1 teams, not by individual players. Identity, tempo and unit strength are measured from the 2025 season.

The evidence 2025 production and power ratings · supporting the number above

Who carried each team in 2025
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
QB CJ Carr 492 pass yds · 6 TD · 0 INT #6 QB
K Spencer Porath 3 FG · 12 XP · 21 pts #11 K
RB Nolan James Jr. 48 rush yds · 2 TD · 5 rec #47 RB
WR Jordan Faison 8 rec · 135 yds · 2 TD #79 WR
Navy Midshipmen
DL Aiden Lyczek 8 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 3.0 TFL #97 DL
LB MarcAnthony Parker 18 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL #61 LB
DL Griffen Willis 6 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.5 TFL #203 DL
TE Jordan Collins 2 rec · 68 yds · 1 TD #64 TE

Top-rated players from last season, ranked within their position across D1. A grade measures what a player produced, and no 2026 game has been played yet — so this is who produced for these programs in 2025, not a claim about who is on the field this year.

Power breakdown
TeamPowerOffDefRank
Notre Dame Fighting IrishIND +35.6 +22.4 +13.2 #1
Navy MidshipmenAAC +9.1 +4.6 +4.5 #91

Def is higher = better. The projection assumes a 2.4-pt home edge (0 at neutral sites).

Where the number comes from
Notre Dame offense vs Navy defense+17.9 pts
Navy offense vs Notre Dame defense-8.6 pts
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 769 mi
Rest · context onlyAway team on 7 more days rest

An efficiency adjustment from season-to-date EPA and success rate applies once teams have played enough games; before then it is 0 and the number is the power rating alone.

Situational spots are shown for context, not baked in: travel, altitude and rest were tested against 6,000+ games and the power and efficiency ratings already account for them. Adding them again would double-count.